RETINAL SEPARATION, RETINOTOMY, AND MACULAR RELOCATION .1. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THE RABBIT EYE

Authors
MACHEMER R STEINHORST UH
Citation
R. Machemer et Uh. Steinhorst, RETINAL SEPARATION, RETINOTOMY, AND MACULAR RELOCATION .1. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THE RABBIT EYE, Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, 231(11), 1993, pp. 629-634
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0721832X
Volume
231
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
629 - 634
Database
ISI
SICI code
0721-832X(1993)231:11<629:RSRAMR>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
An animal model in the rabbit eye was utilized to study mobilization a nd relocation of the fovea as a potentially;beneficial surgical approa ch to age-related macular disease. After lentectomy and vitrectomy, th e retina was completely separated from the pigment epithelium by means of infusion into the subretinal space. A 360 degrees peripheral retin otomy was performed. The retina was rotated up to 60 degrees around th e optic nerve as axis and reattached. Scanning and transmission electr on microscopy revealed the relative intactness of outer segments and p igment epithelium after this procedure, both acutely and 3 days follow ing reattachment.